Improvement in bottle-stoppers



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- HERMANN F.-REINER, OF BLAIRSVILLE, ASSIGNOB TO HIMSELF AND FRANK LOFINK, OF PI'BTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

lM PROVEMENT IN BOT'l'LE-STOPPERS.

rlpecification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,095, dated February 16, 1873. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMANN F. REINER, of Blairsville, in the county of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bottle-Stoppers, of which thefollowing is a specification: j

This invention has for its object to furnish a stopper for bottles which shall be so constructed that the influx or efflux of liquids is rendered possible without the removal of the stopper from the bottle. The invention consists in the employment of a stopper composed of a metallic tapering tube, which is provided with a horizontal central flange and with a bayonet-slot for receiving and securing the vertical stem of .a conical disk-valve, by the movement of which stem the valve is opened or closed, to admit of the induction and discharge of liquids.

In the drawing, Figure l is a side view of a bottle and stopper; Fig. 2, a sectional view of strips, applied to theflange D and projecting under the external neck of the bottle, to enable a fastening-wire, N, to be coiled around the same for securing the stopper in position. F is a valve for closing and opening the lower end of the tube B, to permit of the filling of the bottle or discharge of the contents through the same. Said valve is composed of two conical metal plates, between which is fitted and clamped an India-rubber disk, H; or the valve may be made entirely of rubber. The valve is provided with a vertical stem, I, the upper end of which is laterally extended through an elongated slot, K, formed in the tube B, the

projecting portion of the stem being provided with a knob or button, L. M is a horizontal slot, arranged in relation to the vertical slot, for receiving the knob portion of the valvestem, to secure the latter in a closed position.

From the above description it will be per-' ceived that a bottle-stopper of the form represented by me will, in case the bottle is filled .withan effervescent liquid, be an effectual 'ters Patent, is-

The bottle-stopper herein described, con sisting of the tube B provided with slots KM, valve F, and bent valve-stem I, as herein shown and described.

- HEBMANN F. REINER.

Witnesses:

U. ODoNNELL, A. M. PEARSON. 

